Uniformed and well-equipped armed men have occupied Sevastopol airport in the autonomous region of Crimea, with the Ukrainian government believing them to be a Russia-backed force.
Ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Ynukovych has called on Russia to ensure his personal safety.
The whereabouts of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has been unknown since he disappeared last weekend, but Russian news agency RBC is reporting that he has arrived in Moscow.
Ukraine has issued an arrest warrant for former President Viktor Yanukovych for the “mass murder of peaceful citizens” just days after he fled Kiev and was ousted as president.
Ukraine’s President Yanukovych has disappeared from Kiev, with MPs voting to oust him and release former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko from prison